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1. Custom Size Business Cards
   

   New eco-friendly business cards available at custom sizes!

2. Tons of free Photoshop Brushes
   

   Awesome site with tons of brushes for photoshop.

3. Free Quality Photoshop Brushes
   

   Qbrushes.com - Showcasing Only Quality PS Brushes

4. Who’s Really In Control Of Your Freelance Business?
   

   You end up working for multiple bosses who don’t care about your personal world, yet still want to micro-manage your creative work.

5. 40 most beautiful and inspirational website designs of 2008
   

   View the top 40 amazing, beautiful and inspirational website designs of 2008

6. The PCH 101 Design Studio
   

   west coast lifestyle design team

7. 5 PhotoShop Effects for your Photos
   

   A set of 5 tutorials to add great effects in your photos

8. Songs about Graphic Design and Flash
   

   Songs about flash and the web performed by a designer who wishes he could sing better. Recognized by communication arts and sung live at FlashForward San Francisco.

9. NSOrg - Tutorials
   

   NSOrg Tutorials Collected Quality Photoshop, Flash, 3D Studio Max, Website Development, PHP Coding, Ajax and More Tutorials in This site.

10. Photoshop Lady
    

    Bookmark The Best Photoshop Tutorials Around the World

11. Quality Free Vector Graphics
    

    QVectors.com - Quality Free Vectors From Around The Web In One Place

12. Freebies Link Share
    

    A place of freebies links. Most of them is freebies for designer

13. 10 inspiring admin interfaces
    

    Nice collection of usable, neat and sexy web administration interfaces

14. 14 Free Scatter Brushes & a How-To
    

    I was screen spying on Go Media’s Chris Comella as he was working on a Smashing Pumpkins design in which the dense black typography was exploding shards in every direction. He placed every particle by hand (and it shows). I wondered if scatter brushes could be used to get a similar effect.

15. Recap: Vectips Interview with Go Media's Jeff Finley
    

    I thought I’d repost the recap of the interview I did with Vectips that took place over Twitter on Wednesday.

16. What's Your Opinion of Stock Artwork?
    

    SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? Are vector packs just a cheap cop-out or are they a saving grace?

17. 45 web design-related books professionals recommend
    

    Great collection of web design-related books that would help you improve, broaden and polish your web design knowledge and skills!

18. 15 Design Blogs To Promote your Articles
    

    Getting the word out on Digg/Stumbleupon can be tricky when no one knows your blog, but luckily for design related articles, there are many high traffic blogs that have community link features where you can submit your design articles and receive decent amount of traffic.

19. Best 22 Websites as of August 2008
    

    22 most beautiful website collection as of August 2008.

20. 68 Unique Wordpress Themes
    

    In this list, you will find Blog, Gallery and Portfolio Themes. All this designs are unique, creative and attractive. This list is a good way to find inspiration for your next blog :).

21. PUMA Store: A brand that moves you..
    

    Puma store experience. Increase sales and shop experience through design.

22. Photoshop Tutorial: MiniHendrix
    

    A quick tutorial on how to create a nice recursion effect using bitmap mode.

23. How to Win at Design by Humans
    

    Marc gives us 5 tips to give yourself the best chance of winning the next Shirt of the Day.

24. 105 Stunning Retro Tech-Shaped Illustrator Brushes
    

    This set of brushes will blow you away! Download this amazing set of stunning Illustrator brushes!

25. 50 Free Photoshop Gradient Sets
    

    50 free Photoshop gradient sets that contain many gradients

26. How to Create Product Labels in Photoshop
    

    In this tutorial, it will show you how to create a “Product Labels” in Photoshop. And this demonstrates you how to create a green tea label with a ninja character in background.

27. Celebrity Websites
    

    Celebrities are often used as role models, affecting how we dress, what we eat, places we go and how we behave. What can we learn from celebrity in regards to our web sites?

28. Big Typography Poster Design Contest
    

    Create a big typography design poster based off a quote and win cool prizes!

29. How to build a retro emblem in less than 10 minutes
    

    In this tutorial I will use the complex vector sun rays we’ve created there and use them to quickly create a vintage looking emblem using Adobe Illustrator.

30. Photoshop Tutorial: Designing a Unique Bookmark Box
    

    In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial we’ll be learning how to create a unique, and professional-styled bookmark/promote box for your personal Blog, or maybe even your website.

31. 4 Nature Vector Set freebies
    

    I’m happy to announce our first exclusive vector sets for QVectors.com. The 4 sets are Nature oriented design with tens of floral and flowery elements in each set.

32. Why I Love Being A Part of the Design Community & Industry
    

    I ’ve put together a list of my top 10 reasons why the design community is such an amazing and diverse place, and why I love being a part of it.

33. Who’s Collis?
    

    Mini Interview with this man they call Collis….

34. Dating Your Clients
    

    Advice for designers when working with a new client.

35. Illustration Artists Showcase and Inspiration - Part 1
    

    A collection of illustration artists work, resources, tutorials

36. Multimedia-Stock.com
    

    Absolutely Free Global Multimedia Share

37. How To Promote Your Posts in 10 Minutes to 1 Mio People
    

    Learn how to get known to a huge audience within 10 minutes by promoting your posts free to more than 30 of well visited websites.

38. SumoJelly Design Blog!
    

    Passionate about everything design, and its all infront of your eyes on our blog.

39. 2 Step seamless patterns
    

    Find out how to easily create seamless patterns with the offset filter.

40. 100artworks
    

    Welcome to our graffiti, urban and street art gallery. Browse and buy canvas artworks and prints.

41. 38 Character Illustrations in Web Design
    

    I just launched the 4th list for Web Design trends on CssLeak. The Websites Using Character Illustrations : There is already 38 websites.

42. Creative Tabbed Website Navigations and Tutorials
    

    This post is a showcase of creative and original uses of tabbed web navigation, topped off with some helpful tutorials for making your own tabs. Enjoy!

43. 101 Creatives Ads
    

    Here is a selection of 101 Creative Ads, there are really funny

44. How To Convert A Photo Into A Retro Comic
    

    In this tutorial you will learn how to convert a photo into a retro comic. You can use this technique with your own photos and get surprising results. Even more, you can create entire comics with this.

45. Show me some well designed logos! #3
    

    We’re stepping well into the third week with another 20 logos that will make you show respect for their creators and their creations.

46. FREE Product of the Week from Templates.com!
    

    Templates.com is starting permanent superb action “Free Product of the Week!” Have a look at the product

47. 37 Creative Photography Portfolios One Must See
    

    A collection of inspiring photography portfolios by artists from all around the world!

48. 30 Cool Pink Web Designs
    

    Who said that pink is only for little girls???

49. 15 must-have features for modern design blogs
    

    Find out how famous design blogs managed to meet success within tight deadlines.

50. My Readers Are Inspirational! Contest Update.
    

    Contest update for the Big Typography Poster Contest on MyInkBlog. Check out these incredible designs!

51. 105 Mind-Blowing Retro Tech-Shaped Starburst Brushes
    

    This set includes 105 incredible brushes that are perfect for creating tech-shaped starburst patterns in Illustrator.

52. Photo showcase: Airport signage design
    

    A photo showcase of airport signage and wayfinding design.

53. Featured inspiration: Drew Flaherty
    

    There’s not much to say about him. He’s drawing, he’s illustrating, he’s getting into advertising and also identity and branding. Well… se it for yourselfs.

54. Braintalk with Matt Owen from Volumeone
    

    Designer Matt Owen talks about his work and life

55. Adobe Illustrator CS4 Preview
    

    Check out the new and updated features in Adobe Illustrator CS4!

56. Neo-Japanesque Art of Feebee. Exclusive Interview with the Artist!
    

    This is an exclusive interview with an established Japanese artist, known worldwide as Feebee. Learn more about Japanese culture and art and the artist herself.

57. 106 Delicious Water Color Illustrator Brushes
    

    This set of Illustrator brushes is a real treat! Download this set of 106 water color Illustrator brushes and use them in your designs for free!

58. 10 Free Hi-Res Paper Textures
    

    Plain and Grunge Paper Textures, 3000px wide, free for personal and commercial projects. Download and get creative!

59. Flash CS4 Feature Tour
    

    Take a tour of some of the most exciting new features coming in Flash CS4 Professional. For more details click on the link above.

60. FREE Professional Vector Illustration!
    

    Amazing Vector Illustration of retro-car from the legendary 70’s! Don’t miss an opportunity to download it for free now!

61. Featured inspiration: Maciej Hajnrich
    

    It’s art? It’s graphic design? It’s typographic? It’s exploding with colors and imagination? It’s… all these and more. Eye candy overbrimming portfolio of Maciej Hajnrich

62. 105 More Deliciously Awesome Water Color Illustrator Brushes
    

    Part two of an amazing set of realistically looking water color Illustrator brushes. Download them and try them out for yourself!

63. 45 Amazing Illustrations for Inspiration
    

    Collections of illustrations and graphic designs from artists around the world.

64. Free Photoshop Brushes: Trees
    

    Free Photoshop Brushes with the shape of real trees, for design.

65. Most Awarded Advertisements in 2008
    

    Most Awarded Advertisements in 2008. Learn from the best, gather ideas and trends for yourself and your next project.

66. Idea2dezign - Design Inspiration
    

    Design Related Inspiration: News, Resources, Tips, Ideas

67. Russian websites that can Inspire You
    

    31 russian website designs that can inspire your creativity!

68. 50 Inspiring Vintage Advertisements
    

    A nice collection of vintage advertisements from the 50’s and 60’s to spark your creative juices.

69. September's Best : 16 Css Design on CssLeak
    

    My selection of CSS design for September. There is 16 websites design in no particular order.

70. Join the Go MediaZine Team
    

    Write an awesome tutorial and get $300 cash and $100 Arsenal credit.

71. Creative Online Ad Design: Ideas & Trends in 2008
    

    Improve the effectiveness of online ads with just a few time-proven design strategies and see great examples to give you input for your next ad designs.

72. MyInkBlog Flickr Group Showcase 2
    

    This is the 2nd edition of my Flickr group members’ showcase. I hope you enjoy these awesomely inspirational designs!

73. 10 Great Web Design Podcasts of 2008!
    

    A few hours of listening altogether that will help you advance your knowledge in web design!

74. XHTML Strict, What to Watch Out for.
    

    Things to watch out for if you’re new to coding in XHTML Strict doctype.

75. Sites to Sell Your Unused Work
    

    Don’t let your unused work gather dust, sell it on these great sites.

76. Rockin' Stones: 14 Unusual FREE Hi-Res Stone Textures
    

    Uncommon textures for your common design needs

77. Less Then A Week To Go: MyInkBlog Contest Update
    

    There is less then 1 week left to enter your design into the Big Typography Poster Contest. The results of this case study have been very impressive. Here are a some new submissions that I found visually stunning and creative.

78. 104 Scribbled Dry Erase Marker-Styled Illustrator Brushes
    

    Need to create a whiteboard style illustration? Download this set of dry erase marker-styled Illustrator brushes.

79. Weekly 30 inspirational websites #11
    

    We find ourselves in this section once again in this day of the week, every week, with 30 great CSS sites to please your eyes and enrich your imagination.

80. Free Maps Of All Countries and States On the World
    

    Get a key to maps of every country and state on the world for free by using this simple method.

81. 15 Original Menu Designs
    

    15 examples of original yet reliable menu designs created to easily guide you through the website.

82. Working With Pattern Swatches in Illustrator
    

    Did you know that the swatches palette can store vector data and that those vectors can then be applied as fills or strokes? This tutorial will show you how to use pattern swatches effectively.

83. BrushKing Brushes : 12 Free Swirls Brushes
    

    I’m glad to share my second brushes pack. There is 12 Hi-Res Swirls Brushes that I made with Illustrator CS3.

84. 5 Free Stunning Avatar Icons in PSD Format
    

    The free set contains by Gopal Raju five avatars which could be used as icons as well. The icons are available in PSD format.

85. FREE Funny Creatures Vector Illustration!
    

    Each of these funny creatures will surely liven up your web project, blog, etc.

86. How to Create a Vector Harley Davidson Pin-Up Tee
    

    It’s time for another sweet vector tutorial. And what would make a better subject than a Harley Davidson t-shirt design featuring a pin-up girl on a motorcycle? Well, not much.

87. Using Layer Comps for Web Design in Photoshop
    

    Learn how to present your designs for a website using Photoshop layer comps to produce a PDF slideshow.

88. Free Design Portfolio Theme for WordPress: ImPress
    

    Really awesome and useful for design or magazine styled websites. The required plugins have been included in the theme files.

89. The Freelancer's Guide to Surviving the Economic Crisis
    

    This article offers some advice for freelancers hoping to navigate the economic crisis.

90. 9 Starter Wordpress Themes
    

    These Starter Themes provide a simple canvas on which you can create your custom themes.

91. 50 Beautifully Designed Criterion DVD Covers
    

    An inspiring assortment of incredible DVD box art designs from the Criterion collection.

92. Inspiration: Yann Arthus Bertrand - amazing pictures
    

    Yann Arthus Bertrand is a professional and internationally recognized photographer. You’ve probably seen his amazing aerial photographs here or there but never knew they were his. I know some of them look like hdr photography but they aren’t, they’re just amazing art meant to make you admire his talent.

93. Weekly Flash tutorial roundup #3
    

    20 tutorials for MX Flash 8, Flash CS3 and actionscript 3 that’ll help you learn flash. Starting with button tutorials, animation tutorials and so on and ending with essential actionscript 3.0 tutorials.

94. How to fix the ugly side of Ubuntu, its GUI
    

    Ubuntu & other Linux distro’s have come a long way as we know it. A lot of new and existing users have complained about the design aspect of Linux.

95. 50 Plaid Pattern Illustrator Swatches
    

    50 seamless plaid pattern Illustrator swatches perfect for use in fashion design, textiles or graphic and web design.

96. Bird Brushes
    

    Birds on the horizon brushet (High resolution)

97. Weekly 30 inspirational websites #12
    

    A CSS and Flash gallery providing some of the best site designs on the internet meant to offer you design inspiration. In this way you’ll be able to create your own site design which hopefully will be one day among these top CSS and Flash sites present in this web design gallery.

98. 25 Logos of Top Design Studios
    

    A list of 27 logos of top graphic and interactive design studios from around the world, website and location included.

99. How To Make A Horror Movie DVD Cover
    

    In this tutorial you will learn how to make a horror or sci-fic movie DVD cover. Beginning with a photo, it will be altered adding elements to create the desired effect

100. Interview with Vector Artist Chris Leavens
     

     Interview with Chris Leavens Chris with insights on his style, Illustrator, and the design and illustration industry!

101. 6 Free Quality Drupal Themes
     

     Best free quality drupal themes that you might want to consider for your next drupal site.

102. Coca-Cola Eye-catching Brand Designs
     

     A collection of inspirational Coca-Cola brand designs from all over the world!

103. Macbook Redesign
     

     Apple redesign Macbook and Macbook Pro : pictures and prices !

104. Big Typography Poster: Contest Winners
     

     An awesome big typography poster design contest on MyInkBlog. Check out these beautiful winning designs!

105. 25 Woven Plaid Illustrator Swatches
     

     Plaid patterns have countless uses for fashion design, textiles and graphic design. Download this great set of twill textured plaid pattern illustrator swatches.

106. Are you a design whore?
     

     A great article on what defines us as designers : money or the passion for design ?

107. The Best 30 Art Magazines for Submitting Your Artworks!
     

     Learn how to get known to a huge audience by submitting your artworks to more than 30 of well visited art magazines and portals. This is a totally free kind of self promotion.

108. Show me some well designed logos! #7
     

     The place where you get your weekly logo design inspiration in this gallery with 20 of the best recent and maybe so called ‘classic’ logos.

109. 18 Creative Examples of Typography & Paragraphs
     

     Webdesigners tend to keep their paragraphs as simple as possible and they don’t give paragraphs the attention it deserves. Here are 18 creative examples of paragraphs to inspire you to do more with your paragraph!

110. Tutorial: Create a Realistic Outer Space Scene in Photoshop
     

     Learn how to create a realistic outer space scene in Photoshop using no stock images, but only filters!

111. 10 Tips to Avoid Designer's Block
     

     Ever feel like some days you can crank out amazing looking designs with little effort?

112. 17 Free Water Color Blob Brushes for Photoshop & Illustrator
     

     What’s better than a free set of water color brushes for Photoshop? A set of water color brushes for both Photoshop & Illustrator!

113. 10 Ultra Cool Retro Blocky Fonts
     

     Great list of really useful retro fonts. These look really awesome for 3D typography posters!

114. Texturise :: Free Textures
     

     Free high resolution textures and backgrounds for graphic designers, web designers and digital artists. The site includes both stock photos and handmade textures.

115. 208 Retro Photoshop Patterns
     

     A large collection of deliciously retro Photoshop patterns for all you old schoolers.

116. 8 Print Finishes to Spice Up Your Designs
     

     How to spice up your designs with various finishes, folds and techniques

117. A DeSign of the Times
     

     A look into how retro designs can affect newer trends.

118. 20 Cool Text Effect Actions for Photoshop
     

     Download Photoshop action files of 20 most popular text effects and get the effect you want in less than 30 seconds.

119. Halloween Wallpaper Tutorial
     

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120. Adobe Illustrator CS4 Review | Vectips
     

     Comprehensive review of Illustrator CS4 from Vectips.

121. Meet Bittbox Founder Jay Hilgert
     

     This week I interviewed Jay Hilgert from Bittbox.com. Jay describes himself as a “designer, blogger, web enthusiast, and Apple geek” but you could also describe him as a design philanthropist. In this interview, Jay offers many insights into how to develop a successful design blog.

122. Gino
     

     Become a fan today!

123. 15 Websites with Slick Dropdown Navigation
     

     Here are 15 inspirational examples of sites that have fantastic dropdown navigation.

124. Residual Income Is Pure Gold - A Freelancer’s Bonus
     

     A little something for freelancers to consider: residual income.

125. Designing a Portable Gaming Device Poster
     

     It will illustrate you how to design a fantastic portable gaming device poster. We will be walking through the making of an interesting, creative advertisement poster.

126. Free Photoshop, GIMP & Paint Shop Pro Brushes
     

     Download the best and free Photoshop, GIMP & Paint Shop Pro brush sets.

127. Photoshop, Piracy and Popularity | CrazyLeaf Design Blog
     

     Adobe’s Photoshop does have a whole lot of users, but that’s no reason for the company to break out the champagne. Why? Because more than half of these users have not purchased their copy through legitimate means.

128. 25 Hot Female Web Designers
     

     A list of 25 female web designers who are hot at web design

129. Halloween specials for web designers
     

     Download free Halloween web templates, icons, fonts, wallpapers and etc.

130. 50 Astonishing Argyle Pattern Swatches for Illustrator
     

     Download this astonishing set of argyle pattern swatches for Illustrator!

131. 15 Answers About Spoting, Setting and Using TRENDS
     

     From how to find the best trend resources to how to apply trends to how to make the most of the current downturn.

132. Heart: Free Social Icon Set in Shape of Heart
     

     A set of 22 free social icons in shape of heart in resolutions 16×16, 32×32, 64×64.

133. Familiarity and Learnability
     

     Familiarity and Learnability are two important principles of designing a usable and innovative site.

134. Artemy Lebedev Interview: Design Will Save the World!
     

     Interview with number one Russian designer Artemy Lebedev!

135. 28 Perfectly Designed Crest Logos
     

     28 Perfectly executed crest logos. Check them out

136. 26 Useful Tips and Tricks for Freelancers
     

     Having a tough time freelancing and need a few pointers? Welcome.

137. Howto turn Wordpress into a ffffound image bookmarking blog
     

     Tutorial detailing how to turn a wordpress blog into your own personal ffffound image bookmarking service

138. 3 high quality brush sets from Qbrushes
     

     Qbrushes released 3 high quality brush sets, Watercolour brushes, splatters, and brush strokes all totalling 21 brushes.

139. 100 Beautifully Illustrated Horror Movie Posters: Part 1
     

     An inspirational showcase of illustrated horror and sci-fi movie posters in the spirit of the Halloween season.

140. Giveaways, cool vector packs and t-shirt designs
     

     This month was a really busy month for us, we released many vector packs and t-shirt designs also we sponsored a few giveaways/contests on some very popular design blogs.

141. Should Freelancers Be Blogging?
     

     Blogging is something that has taken the Internet by storm. Everyone’s doing it - but do you think blogging is a good way to get more exposure as a freelancer?

142. October's Best : 16 Css Design on CssLeak
     

     My selection of CSS design for October. There is 16 websites design in no particular order (just the submission date)

143. Spooky Halloween Wallpapers!
     

     The collection of Halloween wallpapers to decorate your desktop!

144. Awesome SIXT Wi-Fi Guerilla Advertising Idea
     

     JvM has launched a new advertisement campaign for SIXT on the airport of Hamburg (Germany) using the Wi-Fi Network to promote their offers.

145. Vectips Monthly Roundup - October
     

     Vectips October roundup of vector tutorials, tips, tricks, and inspiration from around the web.

146. 9 Brilliantly Designed Portfolio Websites
     

     Want to see some brilliantly designed portfolios? Look no further.

147. MyInkTrail: Best of the Web, October 2008
     

     Here ’s my collection of the best articles, tutorials, freebies and more from the design community for the month of October. Enjoy!

148. 70 Impressive artworks - Autumn Inspiration
     

     Today we would like to present 70 Impressive artworks where autumn was as an excellent source of inspiration. Let’s take a close look at some of the most breathtaking artworks we’ve found on deviantart and flickr.

149. 30 Creative Twitter Theme Backgrounds
     

     A list of Twitter profiles who have impressive creative backgrounds, which stand out above the rest.

150. Top 5 Design Trends for T-Shirts
     

     Top 5 design trends that are sure to give you a few extra votes in t-shirt competitions

151. The Freelancer Pricing Conundrum
     

     Whether you’re looking to get into freelancing, or in the thick of it, there always exists the topic of rates a freelancer should charge for his/her work. How do you come up with a price for your work?

152. 110 RSS Feeds That All Designers Should Subscribe To
     

     Check out this list of 110 RSS feeds that all designers should subscribe to.

153. Interview with Artist Aidan Hughes | Vectips
     

     Aidan, a experienced illustrator, provides an interview for Vectips with Illustrator, style and industry insights.

154. 16 Useful, Must-Have Apps every Designer and Blogger Needs
     

     A list of 16 useful, time saving, and must-have applications that will make designing, developing and blogging easier.

155. 25 Gorgeous Websites of October round up
     

     CSSCount round up a 25 Gorgeous Websites in October. We found several websites out their but we only collect the most outstanding one and now we already completed them and showcase here in our gallery. Most of this websites are already showcase in other CSS Galleries and we gather it into one place.

156. A Very Snowy Tutorial
     

     This tutorial uses both Illustrator and Photoshop to create a cool winter background.

157. Best of CSS Design October, 2008
     

     There are 21 list of best CSS design as of October, 2008 in no particular order. Awesome sites isn’t it? Enjoy!

158. 7 Wordpress Themes To Create Your Own CSS Gallery
     

     In this post, I’ll show you 7 different Wordpress Themes to create a CSS gallery

159. 50 Krazy Kaleidoscope Doodad Vectors
     

     Download this awesome set of kaleidoscope looking vectors!

160. Design a Realistic Sandwich Bag in Photoshop
     

     This tutorial covers the use of filters, brushes, the pen tool, masks, and maybe a couple other techniques; all in order to create a realistic sandwich bag from scratch.

161. 100 best sites to find tutorials!
     

     This is a list of the majority of site listed in the TUTSEARCH database. I am constantly added new ones. If you would like to kept up to date, follow us on twitter. If your site isn’t listed, submit it.

162. Design Is a Journey Not a Task
     

     A recent blog post got me thinking about the design process and what it involves. Is there not more to it than just a ‘process’? I think so…

163. Gray is Great!
     

     The collection of stylish gray web designs, both formal and not!

164. Designer's Pack
     

     Resource for web designers and developers

165. 35 Free Hi-Res Fire, Flame and Firework Textures
     

     Free Hi-Res fire and flame texture pack (1600 x 1064)

166. Strategies for Choosing a Memorable Brand Name
     

     Strategies, techniques and guidelines to help you and your clients generate a memorable, meaningful and unique brand name.

167. Meet Abduzeedo Founder Fabio Sasso
     

     This week I had the opportunity to interview Fabio Sasso from Abduzeedo. He is always cranking out amazing tutorials and inspirational posts on his blog and I have wanted to interview him for some time.

168. 30 Holiday Gift Ideas for Creatives or Geeks
     

     A collection of gifts that would be perfect for graphic designs, web developers, programmers, or anyone else who likes creative things.

169. MyInkBlog Flickr Group Showcase III
     

     A showcase of inspirational graphic design work from the MyInkBlog Flickr group!

170. 20 Websites to Buy Graphic Design T-shirts
     

     To showcase the creativity within us, graphic designers often like to dress the part.  And if you’re like me, you are always on the hunt for and purchasing creative designer t-shirts and other paraphernalia…

171. Create a Burberry Style Plaid with Illustrator in 4 Steps
     

     Creating a plaid pattern is Illustrator. In this tutorial you will learn how in 4 easy steps.

172. Making of Dolphins
     

     In this tutorial, I will describe tips about how I made the Dolphins wallpaper.

173. Merry Christmas Tree
     

     Learn how to create your own Christmas tree wallpaper with these tutorial

174. 15 Awesome T-shirt Websites For Geeks
     

     Selection of awesome T-shirt websites that tell others how cool (geeky) we are

175. An Interview with Liam McKay of Function
     

     Liam McKay is a fantactic designer, check out his interview on MyInkBlog.

176. 70 Impressive Painting Artworks - Winter Inspiration
     

     Where do mixed media artists find inspiration in the winter? We have hand-picked an incredible amount of amazing painting artworks from deviantart to inspire any artist

177. Best of Brochure Design
     

     An inspirational brochure design collection.

178. 40 CSS Generators
     

     A collection of the best online CSS generators.

179. 16 tips to improve as a graphic designer
     

     Tips, exercises and practices that have help me continue learning, strengthen creativity and become an all around better designer.

180. Breaking Through Creative Blocks
     

     Working in a creative field, such as design, can be taxing on the imagination. Here are some ways that have proven effective to folks who have faced these times.

181. The Art of Postage Stamps Design
     

     The collection of amazing postage stamps from different years all over the world!

182. Logo Design process unveiled
     

     Last week I introduced the Design Cubicle’s new logo and this week I would like to share my creative process with all of you.

183. 10 Web App Tips From 8 Inspirational Speakers
     

     Useful app tips from the speakers at FOWA

184. Huge List of Free Icons Sites
     

     Ever wanted a gazillion free icons … here ya’ go.

185. 20 Gorgeous Corporate Designs from DeviantArt
     

     Here again guys 20 Gorgeous Corporate Designs that may inspire you and gives you more knowledge and idea in designing corporate type.

186. Free Vectors: Ink Trees
     

     21 free vector trees made from india ink drawings. They got a nice grunge and destroyed feel. You’re free to use them in personal and commercial projects.

187. Best Annual Report Designs & Layouts
     

     Let yourself be wowed by these amazing Annual Report Designs.

188. November's Best : 11 Css Design On CssLeak
     

     Like each months, a round up of the best entries in the Gallery. You’ll find 11 Css Websites in no particular order (just the submision date).

189. 40 Creative Christmas Wallpapers
     

     As the Christmas approaches, it’s time to get a new look to your desktop. In this post we present 40 Creative Christmas Wallpapers to decorate your desktop in a personal and special way. Happy Christmas to you!!!

190. Sexy Holiday Vector Pin-Up Girl Tutorial
     

     What would make a better subject than a pin-up girl on a motorcycle wearing a sexy Christmas outfit?

191. 10 Horizontal Scrolling Websites
     

     Horizontal scrolling websites are like UFO in the Web Design sky. They are generaly very artistic and well thought out. Finally, it’s very pleasant to scroll horizontally. In this new category, I’ll show you 10 websites with an horizontal scroller.

192. Interview with Vector Artist Jared Nickerson
     

     Vectips interviews Jared Nickerson, a freelance illustrator based out of Vancouver, British Columbia.

193. Free Christmas Vectors | CrazyLeaf Design Blog
     

     Free Christmas Vectors for download. A collection of free Christmas Vectors.

194. Creative Fliers Inspiration: Reggae
     

     The reggae genre provides some awesome inspiration. I love the mix of urban and grunge. Check it out; be inspired!

195. Tutorial King Launched
     

     Tutorial King is a new collection of high quality Photoshop Tutorials. We collect links to the best tutorials online.

196. Paitadesign.com - Graphic design Portfolio
     

     Graphic designer portfolio, including a variety of works, from logo works to web layout and vector illustrations for inspiration.

197. 25 Useful Texture Background
     

     One of the most Important in art design is Texture because you can use it as your website background, All of this showcase are came from DeviantArt.

198. 50 Spectacular 3D photoshop tutorials
     

     Today I will propose a series of photoshop tutorials that will enable you to have the right depth of fields and thickness to your images, and to realize objects and texts in 3D style.

199. Creative Christmas Ads of All Times
     

     Christmas ads collection for a period of about 60 years!

200. 15 Incredible WordPress Theme Customizations
     

     See what can happen when you take the standard function of WordPress and step it up a notch.

201. Gino
     

     New soy inks, water-based AQ coating options, proper recycling and much more.

202. 25 Outstanding Christmas Wallpapers to Decorate your Desktop!
     

     Here i am presenting 25 Awesome high quality and handpicked Christmas Wallpapers to decorate & spice up your desktop

203. Cris Vector 25 Stunning Art Works
     

     Cristiano Siqueira is a freelancer from Brazil who took the typical route to freelancing by going to college for communication design and then spent a few years in the corporate world.

204. 9 Essential Elements a Graphic Designer's Website Should Have
     

     9 essential elements that your design company website should have in order to increase your rate of being contacted, meet your visitors needs/desires, gain trust in a “faceless” internet and grow your business online.

205. Submit Your Design Links
     

     Design Shard now has a user link feed so you can now submit your latest design links and they will appear at the top of the blog.

206. Best Digital Graphics Tablets for Designers
     

     Do you realize how far digital graphics tablets have come in the last few years? Find out about the amazing new features that digital graphics tablets offer now and which ones I suggest for professional designers.

207. 41 Stunning 3D Arts
     

     I think most of us loves 3-Dimensional Arts, So here they are 41 Stunning 3D Arts. You must check them out!

208. 15 Creative PSD Themes from ThemeForest
     

     PSD is the newest category in ThemeForest and has now a total of 62 Gorgeous themes.

209. Advanced Color Correction Tutorial that will Knock Your Socks Off!
     

     This tutorial shows you an advanced method of evaluating your photograph’s color accuracy and making the proper color correction adjustments; removes unwanted color casts

210. Top 10 Most Used CSS Class Names
     

     Many developers are puzzled when it comes to assigning class names to elements. Here are my top 10 class names.

211. All the Logo Design Resources You Will Ever Need!
     

     33 logo design inspirational websites, galleries and resources about logos to fulfill your every logo desire and addiction!

212. 20 Astonishing High Resolution Photoshop Lens Flare Brushes
     

     Download this amazing set of high resolution photoshop lens flare brushes.

213. Technique for creating a hand drawn website style
     

     David gives you a quick lesson on how to create a hand drawn website design using the don’t lift the pencil technique.

214. An interview with Andy Budd, the author of CSS Mastery
     

     Interesting interview with Andy Budd, who runs the dConstruct and UX London conferences, created the Silverback usability testing application and wrote the book, CSS Mastery.

215. 10 Groovy Geometric Pattern Swatches
     

     Download this set of 10 AMAZING groovy geometric pattern swatches!

216. 12 Common Photoshop Mistakes, Misuses and Abuses
     

     A list of 12 common mistakes, misuses and various ways new users abuse Photoshop.

217. 56 websites with awesome footers
     

     Just a few years ago, footers were used for the copyright notice and secondary navigation. However, a new trend has emerged and nowadays footers also include such information as site statistics, contact details, short author descriptions, recomended links,recomended content, search box, social media buttons etc.

218. Freebie: Paint Strokes Brush Set
     

     A delicious set of high-resolution brushes for Photoshop.

219. 60 Vintage, Retro, and Pop Art Styled Photoshop Tutorials
     

     60 Adobe Photoshop tutorials that will teach you how to make retro, vintage, and pop-art styled layouts.

220. How to design metal pylon signage?
     

     Designing and building a large metal pylon signage with illuminated signs.

221. Furious Panther Poster Tutorial
     

     Top designer Alex Beltechi shows you how to create a wicked poster

222. Web Design Interview: Patrick Algrim of Hell Yeah Dude
     

     The young author, designer and developer Patrick Algrim speaks about his work in web design and how he goes about his day!

223. Free Hi- Res Textures - Nature Set
     

     This week it’s time for a new set of hi-res textures. The theme is nature so you will find lots of great colors and amazing surfaces: different kinds of leaves, branches and some great tree bark texture. The resolution of the textures is around 3800 x 2500 px.

224. 21 Well-Designed Flash Portfolios
     

     A collection of 21 Flash portfolio sites that are both beautiful and provide a good user experience

225. Best of Wordpress in February
     

     February is only 28 days in calendar and we are also posting 28 best wordpress websites in the web.

226. 31 Original Free Texture
     

     Here are 31 original textures. They colorful,bright and nice.There are wood, abstract, mat, plastic and more textures to use. As usual, they are free for personal use.

227. Intro to Web Design: Getting Acquainted with the Peripherals
     

     Being a well rounded web designer requires more than just understanding the core concepts. There’s server-side scripting, client-side scripting, animation, e-commerce, and a whole slew of additional technologies for the web designer to learn. Technically, you may be able to build a website without them, but you will be severely limited in the type of website you will be able to build.

228. Draw a windy sunset illustration
     

     Alex Beltechi does it again - don’t miss this fantastic tutorial

229. Creative Papervision3D Websites
     

     It’s a collection of splendid and professional Papervision3D websites that impressed me much both in terms of creativity and technical execution.

230. 34 List of PSD to XHTML Service Providers
     

     Do you have a PSD Design? Cannot code it and don’t have coding skills? check this out, our compilation of 34 list of PSD to XHTML Service Providers conversion.

231. 20 Sites with Beautiful Character Illustrations v2
     

     More Inspiration! Here are 20 more sites with Beautiful Character Illustrations.

232. Subversion for Designers
     

     DesignSvn is an application created for designers and graphic artists to easily share their concepts and refer back to older revisions

233. 10 Mistakes Logo Designers Can Make When Designing Logos
     

     10 common mistakes I’ve seen in mine and others work

234. Grunge Design: Why It's Cool to be Broken and Disheveled
     

     In order to answer this question, we’ll have to take look back at one of the cognates of postmodernism, twentieth century existentialism.

235. Typography Commandments
     

     10 Commandments that you should never ever , under any circumstances break . Ok you can break them but be sure that the readers will be very annoyed.

236. 10 Great Logo Design, Branding and Identity Books
     

     As designers we often look for inspiration for our work, so I’ve compiled a short list of some useful logo design and branding books.

237. Review My Design: New Community Site
     

     Review My Design is a brand new community to get feedback on your designs

238. Creamy CSS Showcase
     

     Inspirational showcase of the best css based websites from around the world.

239. The Creative Brief: Questions to Ask Before Designing a Logo
     

     Before beginning a logo design, consider gathering the necessary information for the job at hand.

240. What Makes a Great Logo Design?
     

     A logo, trademark, emblem, brand, logotype, symbol, identity, mark, insignia represents a company to consumers.

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